Head gear and method of making the same



March 27, 1928. 3,664,271

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Application filed June 2?,

This invention relates to improvements in head gear and methods of making the same and has particular reference to aladys hair net.

The primary object of the invention resides in a ladys hair net or b'oudoir cap for sport wear or for use at night for keeping the hair in a set position during the sleep of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a head gear made of a not material in which the outer edge of the head gear is bound by a length of separate fabric or ribbon and which ribbon is stitched to the. net hody during the knitting operation of the same whereby much time and labor is saved, the practice of stitching the two parts separate would require a separate operation;

A further object of the invention the provision of a head gear consisting of a body of lrni-tted material having an outer edge of a separate material such as a fabric ribbon but which permits the net body to be lcnitted in a manner to induce a relatively loose open weave w ich is capable of considerable stretch without distorting the shape of the head gear, 7

A. still further object is to rovide method of manufacturing knitted head gear which increases the production and reduces the cost in comparison to the method now commonly used for this purpose.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel construc tion and combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter "fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l. is a view showing my improved head gear in position upon the head of a wearer,

Figure 2 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the head ear in a fiat condition before being forms into cap shape Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on i r the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Figure d is greatly enlarged lragmem tary sectional view of the means for attaching the outer edge or the knitted body to the rihbon or binding tape.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, the numeral 1c designates my improved head gear in its entirety which 1927. Serial No. 201,78'5.

includes a knitted net body 11, an outer fabric band 12 and an inner elastic ed e 13. I The body 11 may be made of any suitable thread such as rayon silk and which is knitted on the fiat type of knitting machine to form relatively large pore chain Stitches 14 which form rows of wavy strands which are joined together by loops 15 of the sliding cross bar threads 16 which are interlaced through the chain stitching as clearly shown in Figure d of the drawings; 'llhese cross bar threads may be coarser than the silk thread from which the strands of the net are formed and which are slidable through the links of the chain strands to adord the net ample means for stretching.

The band 12 is a separate piece entirely from the net body and is led into the knitting machine in a manner similar to the threads from which the net is knitted. llhe band however, is attached to the outer edge of the net body during the knitting of the body by providing a seoarate stitching needle in the knitting mac line which produces stitching 17 along the length of the hand and which stitching overlaps the outer loops 15 of the cross bar threads whereby the band is fixedly attached to the net body.

The inner edge of the net body 11 has a an elastic thread 18 woven in zig-za form into the end strand of chain stitching to allow the material to cover the elastic thread 1201 producing a tubular covering 19 there ror.

The material from which the head gear is constructed passes out of the hitting machine in a continuous fiat piece as shown in Figure 2 of the drawing, after which it is out into pieces of predetermined lengths and the adjacent ends fastened together to draw the piece into cap shape, the ends of the elastic band being bunched to reduce the length of the same to cause the elastic band to normall gather the back of the head gear where y it may be stretched or expanded over the head of a wearer and fit tight thereon.

Although l have specifically mentioned certain materials, it will be appreciated that other materials may be used if desired, such as a knitted mesh design of cotton, wool,

braid, pure silk or a mixture of any of the a above. The binding or reinforcing band may also he of various rnaterials but must be a separate from the itted mesh material vention limited only by the appended claims.

What is claimed as new 1s:- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a

head gear comprising a knitted mesh body,

a fabric band separate from said body, and means for attaching said band to one edge of said body, the opposite edge of said mesh body having a tubular passage formed therein, and an elastic thread passing throuIgh said tubular passage.

n a new article of manufacture, a.

knitted mesh body having loops along an edge thereof, a fabric band, stitching passing through said band and overlying said I loops for fixedl connecting said fabric band to said mesh ody, another edge of said body having a tubular passage formed therein, and an elastic thread passing through said tubular passage:

3. The method of making head gear which consists in? knitting a-mesh body by strands of chain stitches and interlacing sliding cross bar threads through the strands of chain stitches, attaching a fabric band to one of the sideedges of said mesh body during the knitting of the same by passing stitching through the, band'with the stitching overlapping'the cross bar threads on said side edge.

4. The method of making head gear which consists in knitting a mesh body by strands of chain stitches and interlacing sliding cross bar threads through the strands of chain stitches, attaching a fabric band to one of the side edges of said mesh body during the knitting of the same by passing stitching through the band with the stitching overlapping the cross bar threads on said side ed e and knitting a tubular covering along t e opposite edge of the mesh body about an elastic thread.

5. The method of making head gear which consists in stitching a fabric band to the edge of a knitted mesh body during the knitting thereof. 7

In testimony whereof I have 'aifixed my signature.

' JULIUS STEINBERG. 

